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Audio for the Road

Created by Sarah - Updated on July 19th 2017

I'm a big fan of listening to audiobooks in the car and we are now in prime road trip season. No matter how far you are going, I've got an audiobook for you.

And every morning the way home gets longer and longer :: a novella

Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author.

From the Publisher

Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that keeps getting smaller every day. The square is strange but also familiar, full of the odds and ends that have made up their lives: Grandpa's work desk, the stuffed dragon that Grandpa once gave to Noah, the sweet-smelling hyacinths that Grandma loved to grow in her garden.

My Thoughts

If I haven't mention my love for Fredrik Backman, I'll say it right here. I love Fredrik Backman. This little gem will get you to Walla Walla, get you addicted to the author, and still give you time to figure out your wine tasting game plan.

The original adventures of Hank the cowdog written and read by John R. Erickson.

Erickson, John R., 1943-

From the Publisher

Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.

My Thoughts

This is the only children's title on the list, but you don't really need to travel with a child to listen to it. This dog is a hoot. If you're taking a longer car trip with children, just check out a bunch of them. There's about 60 of them, and they could all get you to Walla Walla and back.

The Rosie project

Simsion, Graeme C., author.

From the Publisher

Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a 'wonderful' husband, his first reaction is shock.

My Thoughts

If you are heading to Portland, "The Rosie Project" will get you there and back. And make you want to listen to the second book, "The Rosie Effect."

David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-

From the Publisher

Malcolm Gladwell, with his unparalleled ability to grasp connections others miss, uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty, the powerful and the dispossessed.

My Thoughts

I love everything Malcolm Gladwell writes. If you are heading to Seattle, you could really check out any of his titles and be entertained the whole way.

The invention of wings

Kidd, Sue Monk.

From the Publisher

On Sarah's eleventh birthday, she is given ownership of ten-year-old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next 35 years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other's destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love.

My Thoughts

Headed to Yellowstone? This book will get you there and immerse you in a great story as you go.

Come sundown

Roberts, Nora.

From the Publisher

When a bartender leaves the resort late one night, and Bo and Cal discover her battered body in the snow, it's the first sign that danger lurks in the mountains that surround them. The police suspect Cal, but Bo finds herself trusting him, and turning to him as another woman is murdered and the Longbows are stunned by Alice's sudden reappearance. The twisted story she has to tell about the past, and the threat that follows in her wake, will test the bonds of this strong family, and thrust...

My Thoughts

This one may be a little on the nose if you're heading to Yellowstone, but this Nora Roberts title, set on a ranch in Montana, will certainly get you in the mood. Hopefully your trip will be a little less murder-y.

A game of thrones George R.R. Martin.

Martin, George R. R.

From the Publisher

A tale of court intrigues in the land of Seven Kingdoms, a country "blessed by golden summers that go on for years, and cursed by cruel winters that can last a generation." Treachery, murder, incest.

My Thoughts

If you have been watching "Game of Thrones" but have yet to read the book, a drive to Southern California might just be the perfect time.

11

King, Stephen, 1947-

From the Publisher

On November 22, 1963, three shots changed the world. What if it never happened? Jake Epping is a 35-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. Not much later, Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane, and insanely impossible, mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination.

My Thoughts

Nothing says "I'm going to Disneyland" like a Stephen King book and this one should get you there and back.

Atlas shrugged Ayn Rand.

Rand, Ayn.

From the Publisher

This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? You will learn the answers to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book. Tremendous in scope,...

My Thoughts

There aren't many books that will get you clear across the country but "Atlas Shrugged" is certainly going to try. Be sure to grab all three parts if you're heading to Florida.

Les misérables by Victor Hugo

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.

From the Publisher

Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Misérables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert.

My Thoughts

Les Mis won't get you all the way to New York and back, but if you've been meaning to check this off your reading list, now might be a great time.